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[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1371258938' post='2111932']
The band was average at the best.
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no, Holly had a great voice, no doubt.
Mark O'Toole was a very good bass player and good guitarist as well
ped was solid tight drummer.
marks lines on WTTPD are well played and just CLASSIC,

They loved music, loved playing live, young, arrogant, self opinionated, crass, careless, looked good
fresh powerfull and positively buzzing with vibrance
all the ingredients for a great band.
as a band i thought they were epic, i cant even imagine what music they would be doing now if they had stayed together, but im sure it would have had a massive impact on music direction.

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371299727' post='2112280']
Funny you have posted this track - I have been trying to play this bassline and getting it wrong for nearly thirty years now . It's harder than it first appears . Great line from as very capable player . I once heard Trevor Horn say that Mark O'Toole was a clever player , and this track really shows that .
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The main groove is transcribed here: [url="http://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=31"]http://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=31[/url] - looks good to me. And yes it's harder than it sounds!

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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1371279867' post='2111982']
blimey its a tough crowd on BC, i just thought the record was good
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It's a great album, I still have my vinyl copy from 198-mumblemumble, and it's part of small but selct group that accompany me when I go to demo new turntables. (Probably happened three times since then, tbh)

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1371720017' post='2117236']


It's a great album, I still have my vinyl copy from 198-mumblemumble, and it's part of small but selct group that accompany me when I go to demo new turntables. (Probably happened three times since then, tbh)
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Hmmmm... I also have it on vinyl... And I've just set up some of my hifi... brb!

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1371719857' post='2117235']
The main groove is transcribed here: [url="http://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=31"]http://basslessons.b...ptions.php?i=31[/url] - looks good to me. And yes it's harder than it sounds!
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It's a relatively simple line, but syncing it up to the mechanically tight standard of the record is the real challenge!

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